A Visit from the Sailors

One of the fun things about living overseas is that you get excited to see Americans, even if they're total strangers. The USS Lincoln stopped here for a few days and we got the opportunity to host 6 sailors from the airwing for lunch on Saturday. We were matched with some young, polite guys who were nearly all on their first cruise. They have spent a month at sea and are currently en route to the Persian Gulf for another 5 months, so they were pretty happy to be on solid ground for a while! It was a lot of fun for us to grill and hang out with them for the afternoon before they had to head back to the ship because it was pulling out this morning. We wish them all the best through their mission!


Ben went crazy over his new friends, even though most of them had no idea what to say to a babbling toddler. Ben was talking away and stripping about half of the time. I think he was pretty pround of his belly button for whatever reason.


Oh dear...Ben is really experimenting with shoes now! He's moved on to my heels and actually getting pretty good at walking in them. It's so funny waiting to see what he'll show up wearing next.


He got to try his first sucker today and loved it. It was even worth storing in the drawer for a while and coming back to recover later. Good thing I saw him do that in case it got forgotten. And yes, that's one shoe on his foot.